योगवासिष्ठः yogavāsiṣṭhaḥ - book-5, chapter-52, verse-34

महाश्वभ्रीव गम्भीरा दुःखदा वासनाश्रिता ।
त्वयैषा बत चित्तेति नैनामनुसराम्यहम् ॥ ३४ ॥

mahāśvabhrīva gambhīrā duḥkhadā vāsanāśritā ,
tvayaiṣā bata citteti naināmanusarāmyaham 34

34. mahā-śvabhrī iva gambhīrā duḥkha-dā vāsana-āśritā
tvayā eṣā bata citta iti na enām anusarāmi aham

34. bata tvayā eṣā gambhīrā duḥkha-dā mahā-śvabhrī
iva vāsana-āśritā citta iti aham enām na anusarāmi

34. Alas! This deep, sorrow-inflicting entity, like a great chasm, which is a dwelling for latent tendencies (vāsana), is declared by you as 'mind' (citta). But I will not follow it.

Words meanings summery:

• महा-श्वभ्री (mahā-śvabhrī) - a great chasm, a large pit

• इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

• गम्भीरा (gambhīrā) - deep, profound

• दुःख-दा (duḥkha-dā) - sorrow-giving, causing suffering

• वासन-आश्रिता (vāsana-āśritā) - resorted to by latent tendencies (vāsana), dwelling for latent tendencies

• त्वया (tvayā) - by you

• एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

• बत (bata) - alas!, oh!

• चित्त (citta) - mind, consciousness

• इति (iti) - introduces or concludes a quotation (thus, so)

• न (na) - not

• एनाम् (enām) - her, this (accusative feminine)

• अनुसरामि (anusarāmi) - I follow, I pursue

• अहम् (aham) - I

Words meanings and morphology

महा-श्वभ्री (mahā-śvabhrī) - a great chasm, a large pit

(noun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of mahā-śvabhrī

mahā-śvabhrī - great pit, deep chasm, abyss

Compound type : karmadhāraya (mahā+śvabhrī)

• mahā – great, large, mighty, immense
  adjective
• śvabhrī – pit, chasm, abyss, hole in the ground
  noun (feminine)

इव (iva) - like, as if, similar to

(indeclinable)

गम्भीरा (gambhīrā) - deep, profound

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of gambhīra

gambhīra - deep, profound, serious, majestic

दुःख-दा (duḥkha-dā) - sorrow-giving, causing suffering

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of duḥkha-da

duḥkha-da - pain-giving, causing suffering, producing sorrow

Compound type : tatpurusha (duḥkha+da)

• duḥkha – suffering, pain, sorrow, misery
  noun (neuter)
• da – giving, granting, causing, bestowing (suffix)
  suffix/adjective
  Derived from the root √dā 'to give' by adding the suffix -a, forming a verbal adjective.
  Root: dā (class 3)

वासन-आश्रिता (vāsana-āśritā) - resorted to by latent tendencies (vāsana), dwelling for latent tendencies

(adjective)

Nominative, feminine, singular of vāsana-āśrita

vāsana-āśrita - resorted to by latent impressions, dependent on vāsanas, having vāsanas as its support/residence

Compound type : tatpurusha (vāsana+āśrita)

• vāsana – latent impression, mental trace, subliminal inclination, tendency (vāsana)
  noun (feminine)
• āśrita – resorted to, dependent on, supported by, contained, dwelling in
  adjective (feminine)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from the root √śri (to resort to, serve) with the prefix ā- and the past passive participle suffix -kta (ita).
  Prefix: ā
  Root: śri (class 1)

त्वया (tvayā) - by you

(pronoun)

Instrumental, singular of tvam

tvam - you

एषा (eṣā) - this (feminine)

(pronoun)

Nominative, feminine, singular of etad

etad - this (demonstrative pronoun)

बत (bata) - alas!, oh!

(indeclinable)

चित्त (citta) - mind, consciousness

(noun)

Nominative, neuter, singular of citta

citta - mind, thought, consciousness, intellect

Past Passive Participle

Derived from the root √cit (to perceive, think) with the suffix -kta.

Root: cit (class 1)

इति (iti) - introduces or concludes a quotation (thus, so)

(indeclinable)

न (na) - not

(indeclinable)

एनाम् (enām) - her, this (accusative feminine)

(pronoun)

Accusative, feminine, singular of enad

enad - this, that (demonstrative pronoun)

अनुसरामि (anusarāmi) - I follow, I pursue

(verb)

1st person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of anusar

Prefix: anu

Root: sṛ (class 1)

अहम् (aham) - I

(pronoun)

Nominative, singular of aham

aham - I (first person pronoun)